Comments on: Kenneth Anderson on the Russia-Georgia Conflict

By: steve

steve — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:56:09 +0000

"How long can a free rider club last if its guarantor starts to incur serious costs? I don’t know, but I doubt the answer is forever."

Right on. The European countries have the money and the people. They still depend on us. Why? Time to cut the cord.

Steve

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:30:07 +0000

Additionally, I have reservations about the degree of enthusiasm with which the United States should be supporting ethnic states as a matter of principle.

Amen to that!

By: PD Shaw

PD Shaw — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:23:32 +0000

Prof. Anderson's points ring true, particularly the fear that Georgian attempted control over these breakaway regions will be fiercely contested by the majority of the residents creating a perpetual instability that will prevent democratic and economic development.

Kaplan reported several years ago that the Georgians and Ossetians were no longer speaking Russian, but only their own languages. They could no longer speak to each other or even the larger world.

By: jeff b

jeff b — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:08:20 +0000

Additionally, I have reservations about the degree of enthusiasm with which the United States should be supporting ethnic states as a matter of principle.

I have the same reservations about our Israel policy.